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The Stigma of Angels

Film-maker Jane Labous documents the taboos faced by Senegalese women when it comes to infertility

Infertility affects thousands of women across Senegal, yet the subject is deeply taboo. In this ground-breaking documentary, Jane Labous meets those fighting societal pressures in this West African country, where the infertile are said to be affected by les anges (‘bad spirits’) and where a new generation of career women is leaving it later to have children.